Curtain-holder



-W. JAMISON.

CURTAIN HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED 050.8. 1919.

1,334,034, Patented Mar.16,1920.

UNITED errcres PATENT onef 2 WILLIAM JAMIs'oN, or WEST HOMESTEAD, PENNSYLVANIA.

CURTAIN-HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM JAMIsoN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Vest Homestead, in the county of Allegheny and State .of. Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Curtain-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to shade holders and moreparticularly to holderswhich will be so arranged and constructed as to be interchangeable for any sort of curtain shades or blinds.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap, simple and efficient form of curtain holder which will require no nailing, tying, or otherwise fastening of the curtain thereto, and when used for hanging a blind will not employ any spring action for raising and lowering the same.

My invention consists generally stated in the novel arrangement, construction, and combination of parts as hereinafter more specifically set forth and described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

To enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to construct, operate and use my improved curtain holder I will describe the same more fully referring to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a front view of my improved curtain holder in position where one of said holders is used for hanging a curtain and an other used for hanging a blind.

' any such arrangement,

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view of the same. Fig. 4: is an end view of one of the poles showing the receptacle for the rod.

Like symbols of reference herein indicate like parts in each ofthe figures of the draw-1 is illustrated in thedrawing, and particularly in Fig. l where two of my devices are hung upon the frame A, the poles are preferably held in position by means of hooks or screws 1, which have the usual downwardly extending portion 2 at the outer end of the same and a depression or seat 3 near the threaded end 4. The holder consists of the pole 5 and rod 6, and while in the present construction I have shown an eye bolt 7 affixed to the pole 5 for hanging the same upon the screw 1, I do not limit myself to as the pole may be Patented Mar. 16, 19 20.

Application filed December 8, 1919. Serial No. 343,889.

laid into the ordinary curtain bracket or may be fastened to the window frame in any other suitable manner. The pole 5 may be of any suitable shape or design such as round,-square,i hexagonal, etc., and has a horizontal slot 8 extending entirely through the diameter of the same, while at the upper end of one side of said slot 8, the pole is dished out in order to enlarge the hole 8 for admitting the'rod 6 as later explained.

Immediatelybeyond each end of the slot 8 is a seat 9 into which the end of the rod 6 fits, and when the holder is used for hanging a shade or blind the said seat will act as a bearing in which the said rod will rotate.

The operation and use of my improved curtain holder is as follows: i

Considering Fig. 3 two of the screws 1 are placed in the window frame at the proper locations and the poles 5are hung thereon by meansof the said screws 7 in the ends of the same. The blind or shade is now pressed over the rod 6 and both ends of the same are dropped through the slot 8 in the pole 5 until the ends of said rods are seated or housed within the seats 9 of said poles. The shade ends 10 and 11 are then adjusted as desired, the rod 6 rotating in the seat 9 when one of the ends 10 or 11 of the shade or blind is drawn downward. The curtain 12 is hung upon the rod 6 in precisely the same manner as the shade or blind 13, ex cept that as there will be no adjustment of the same a small portion is allowed to extend downward below the bottom of the pole 5 and throu h the slot '8, suflicient to give a neat and p easing appearance.

When it is desired to adjust the shade or blind 13 one of the rings 14 on one of the lower ends 10' or 11 of the shade is drawn downwardly so that the other end will be elevated until the blind has been lowered to the desired point, and when it is desired to raise the same the other of said rings will be drawn downwardly until the ends 10 and 11 of the shade coincide in order to present a neat appearance.

It will thus be seen my improved curtain holder there will be no necessity for tacking or otherwise fastening the blind or shade to the pole, and all sprcilngs and special holders will be eliminate Also in the use of my device for hanging that with the use of i curtains, the tacking,sewing, and otherwise fastening willvbe eliminated and the curtain made to present a neat and pleasing appearance without mutilation, ordinarily caused by the present method of fastening.

Various modifications and changes in the design, construction and use of my improved curtain holder may becresortedto Without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any ofits' advantages.

What I claim as my invention and desire 5 to secure by Letters Patent is:

15A l curtain holder comprising a pole I having through the same,

a longitudinal slot extending a rod over which the curtain is hung, and recesses in said 'pole beyond the extremities of'said slot into which said rod fits. 1 a r r 2. A curtain holder comprising a pole having a longitudinal slot through which two layers of said curtain extend, a rod over which the curtain is hung, recesses in said a pole beyond the extremities of said slot into which said rod fits and is adapted to rotate when said curtain is raised or lowered. V In testimony- Whereof I have hereunto afiixed my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesse i i a WILLIAM JAMISON. Witnesses:

CLYDE E. JAMIsoN, WALTER C. JAMIsoN. 

